Ministry of Mixology

A very kind friend Pauline gave me her tickets to the Ministry of Mixology weekend recently. It was a fabulous weekend, 2 full days with workshops by Andy skinner and Michelle webb. We painted and glued all  day long!
Here are my projects.

I loved both of these projects. Both of them were very 3D. Andy's project is a very useful journal however and I still find it hard to believe that we just started with some pieces of chipboard and ended up with what definitely looks like rusty metal.
So very sincere thanks to Andy, Michelle, Pauline (for the tickets) and  to Di Oliver from That's Crafty for the organisation.
I think that kits for both projects will be available from That's Crafty in the near future.

Halloween Little Matchbox of Horror swap

I went to the sorting office this morning and was totally blown away to open my matchbox from Jaz. I love it, just so amazing. Thanks you so much Jaz

Little matchbox swap

Although this was originally a halloween swap I reinterpreted the them and chose to base my matchbox book round dragons

the journal cover was made using crushed egg shells glued with gel medium and then painted

The box to send the project in

I decided to make a dragon to send with the book using a larger matchbox. Here he is, cuddling a flame. I found the pattern on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/211832389/matchbox-toy-sewing-pattern-dragon?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=matchbox dragon&ref=sr_gallery_2

The dragons eye on the journal cover also came from Etsy, from the Curious cogsmith
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/247662924/single-dragon-eye-glass-cabochons?ga_order=price_asc&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dragon eye&ref=sr_gallery_8

More art journaling pages

These images were just crying out to be used. The background has lots of layers - scrapbooking paper, gesso, script, Chinese script, tissue paper, acrylic paint. Then collage, doodling,  neocolours

Art journaling

Although it's a while since the last post it doesn't mean that I haven't been journaling. Here's a selection of recent work

Leaf prints

 

 

I recently spent 2 weeks in Cornwall on a solitary retreat.. The weather was wonderful and I spent a lot of time outside. I wondered whether I could do some leaf prints with limited art supplies.. I didn't have a gelli plate with me so I used  a non-stick craft sheet and a brayer. The results were variable but there were some I was pleased with

Another twisted sisters circle journal

The theme for  this journal was freak art. I finished a page on the background I was sent and then started another background for the next person to use.